HR3380

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:16 | Tran: 17:56 | Set: 0:37

Alt: 46.51° Az: 189.98° Direction: South

HR3380 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Cancer.

HR3380 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR3380 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of HR3380. The red arrow shows the motion of HR3380 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 35m 35s

Declination +08° 21’ 48”

Hour Angle 00h 27m 41s

Sidereal Time 09h 03m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 34m 13s

Declination +08° 27’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 217.09°

Galactic Latitude 26.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR3380.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.21

Spectral Type F3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR3380 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR3380. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR3380 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR3380 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.03

Secondary star magnitude 13.63

Magnitude difference 7.6

Separation 31.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR3380 is distant 189.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 58.07

Distance (light year) 189.31

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72617

SAO Catalogue SAO116894

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42049

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 2077

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR3380 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.6° RISE 11:16

Max altitude: 46.9° TRANSIT 17:56

Azimuth: 278.4° SET 0:37

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer